1977 CLIC book

The Interstate Lead on the west side of town was constructed between 1968 and 1973. At first, as in the 1977 CLIC above, it was a spur. A western leg was added to make it into a wye between 1977 and 1990. Locals also call it the T-bone spur because of a wager over its construction.

Emporia Ready Mix / Meier Ready Mix is the first track. They were close to the main in 1977, but had moved up the spur and reversed their track by 1990. They stopped receiving rail shipments shortly thereafter. Their track had a pit for agrigate. By 2001 they had scaled down their operation and share the site with an automotive junk yard.

Between 1977 and 1983, Safeway located a pet food plant on this line with two tracks and 4 doors and a pit. The inside tracks is used for box cars shipping product out, the outside track is for incoming materials. In 2001 the plant was expanding and was using 5 former ATSF covered hoppers, painted ghost gray, for storage. They make dog food, cat litter, and mix wild bird seed.

By 1995, all industries north of Safeway no longer received rail shipments. A stop has been inserted between the rails and trees are growing between the ties near Fleetwood.

DeBauge Brothers is a Coors beer distributor. Originally they were located downtown. They have a door and a dock and received beer by rail.

Interstate Bakery makes Dolly Madison cakes They had two tracks. In 1977 they had a dock and 3 hose spots. In 2001 the tracks had been removed and the street repaved. At one time they received 40' Milwaukee reefers with topings such as coconut, small tank cars of chocolate, tanks of oil, and bulk loads of sugar.

Modine makes automotive radiators. They had 3 doors in 1977, and added a dock by 1983.

Fleetwood had two doors. They manufactured mobile homes and brought in various building supplies. In 2001 that building housed the public works department of the city of Emporia.

There is also a spur at the top of the Interstate Lead which is shown as spiked on all charts available to the author. These originally served Diddy Mfg. who made printing equipment and Crawford Mfg. who made furniture.